Senior Frontend Engineer - Intercom

Senior Frontend Engineer - Intercom Location San Mateo, CA (Downtown area) : Who We Are Verkada is a leader in cloud-based B2B physical security. Verkada offers six product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace and intercoms — integrated with a single cloud-based software platform. Designed with simplicity and scalability in mind, Verkada gives organizations the real-time insight to know what could impact the safety and comfort of people throughout their physical environment, while empowering them to take immediate action to minimize security risks, workplace frustrations and costly inefficiencies. Founded in 2016, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices across three continents, 2,100+ full-time employees and 30,000+ customers across 70+ countries. Overview We are a small, dynamic team focused on building cloud-managed intercom systems. Intercom is our second newest major product line and is off to the best start of any product in Verkada's history. Our intercom allows customers to receive calls from anywhere - at their desk or on their phone - with rich video and 2-way audio, and we have a lot more to build. We consider our team a startup within a startup, with a fair amount of ownership and autonomy. You'll be working alongside a dynamic team of firmware, backend, and mobile engineers to develop this product line. Who you are Excited by new products and startups You think about delivering best-in-class products and experiences - not features You can take a less-than-fully-fleshed-out product idea and drive it to completion BS or a graduate degree in Computer Science, Maths, Engineering, or science Requirements ~7+ years of industry software engineering experience ~5+ years of experience developing on React, expert in component lifecycle, state management, and hooks ~ Mastery of JavaScript: Scoping, closures, contexts, prototypes, classes, etc ~ Strong architectural understanding of custom components, custom UI, design systems, and cross-browser support ~ Experience collaborating cross functionally to design complex customer-facing UI with simple and robust backend APIs ~ Understanding of Dev Tools, and practical debugging techniques ~ Strong CSS skills, proficiency with modern layout techniques (e.g. Flexbox, Grid) ~ Adept at efficiently developing and maintaining unit, integration, and end-to-end tests ~ Eye for design, product details, and polish Nice to Have Experience with TypeScript, modern state management tools (Redux, Recoil, React Context), CSS-in-JS libraries (e.g., styled-components), modern data fetching strategies (React Query) Experience with code-splitting, lazy loading, and performance optimization Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Your application will be handled in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Policy .